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Protests take union square in solidarity with the protests in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Grey in police custody.

Young girls at a vigil for recent victims of violence, including Eric Garner, and NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, in Bed Stuy Brooklyn.

People participate in a “Die In” in Grand Central Station in Manhattan, on November 3, 2014. The demonstration was part of a series of protests taking place after a grand jury decided not to indict the officer who used a choke hold on Eric Garner.

Bronx residents Virginia Andre and her with her daughter London Davis take part in protest of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Killing of Trayvon Martin outside Federal Court in Brooklyn

Protestors shut down traffic on the West Side Highway in Manhattan. November 25, 2014. Protests continued through out New York City after a grand jury in Missouri decided not to indict the police officer who killed unarmed Michael Brown.

A man is arrested during the Black Out Black Friday protests in Herald Square Manhattan, NY, on November 28, 2014. The protests are part of an ongoing series of actions responding to the lack on an indictment against Ferguson, MO, Police Office Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown. The man was at the end of a column of protestors marching in the street, when officers said through loud speakers the protestors marching in the street were subject to arrest. After several officers started running the man quickly ran into a pedestrian plaza.

Esaw Snipes wife of Eric Garner cries and is comforted by Victoria Bell mother of Sean Bell (right) and Lesley McSpadden mother of Michael Brown (left) at the National Action Network’s 17th Annual Convention at the Sheraton New York in Manhattan.

Two woman put their hands up in a show of solidarity during a march against police violence in lower Manhattan.

A boy grabs towards his relative as he is arrested while taking part in a protest near Union Square in Manhattan on April 29, 2015. The rally took place in solidarity with the unrest in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Grey in police custody.

New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton holds up a bag of “oregano” at a press conference at NYPD headquarters in Manhattan announcing a change in department policy towards marijuana arrests.

NYPD Officer Peter Liang leaves Supreme Court in Brooklyn, NY after having a trial date set for his manslaughter trial, on September 29, 2015. Mr. Liang shot and killed Akai Gurley, in a public housing project in hallway in 2014.

A motorist fist-bumps a demonstrator, as protestors shut down the FDR Drive in Manhattan while protesting the non-indictment of the police officer who used a choke hold on Eric Garner.

A protestor briefly blocks NYPD vehicles as other protestors shut down traffic on the West Side Highway in Manhattan. Protests continued through out New York City after a grand jury in Missouri refused to indict police officer who killed unarmed Michael Brown.